Judge Kaydee Snipes Ruiz

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Scheduling conference request

If counsel files a scheduling-conference request, it must set forth the case title and number.

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Trial brief

Trial briefs must be submitted as required by the pre-trial order.

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Motion

A continuance motion based on an absent witness must detail the testimony expected from that witness.

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All documents

Parties must follow the Montana Supreme Court’s e-filing parameters, and attorneys must use the State of Montana e-filing system for all documents when it is available.

When e-filing is unavailable, email filing with the Clerk is preferred unless a Montana statute requires an original signature; mail filings are discouraged, and electronic signatures are accepted under Rule 11.

The court discourages filing documents by mail.

A fax is filed on the date and at the time the Clerk of Court receives it.

The written status report following mediation must be filed no later than five days after the mediation.

Settlement documents must be prepared and filed within 30 days.

Proposed orders submitted through the e-filing system must be in Word .doc format.

Filed documents may not be altered by erasure or additions, deleted, or have pages removed and replaced, except for judge-handwritten and initialed amendments or as otherwise ordered by the Court.

Video-conference participants must be able to see, hear, and communicate with one another simultaneously.